# Alacode Village, Thodupuzha, Idukki (Kerala) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Thodupuzha, Idukki 

# Alacode

Alacode is a village in Thodupuzha sub-district of Idukki district, Kerala, PIN code **685588**. The 2011 Census counted **11,182 people in 2,716 households**, the 14th largest of 19 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 95.6%.

- 11,182people (2011)
- 2,716households
- 95.8%literacy
- 685588PIN code

## Alacode PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alacode is 685588.** Alacode falls in Thodupuzha sub-district, Idukki district, Kerala.

- PIN code685588
- Gram panchayatAlacode, Edavetty, Kudayathoor, Velliyamattom
- Community development blockThodupuzha
- Census village code628097

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Alacode from nearby towns?

- Thodupuzha (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Painavu (district HQ)63 km by road
- Thodupuzha (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Alacode?

31 services counted by the Census are inside Alacode; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 3 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Thodupuzha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Muttom
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Alacode known for?

The main crops are **rubber, coconut and paddy**. Products made here include ayurveda medicine and mineral water. About 74% of the 2,661 hectares of village land is sown, and 60 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Alacode

Of every 100 households in Alacode in 2011, 94 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 13 a car.

■ Alacode · ■ Thodupuzha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**5%

Tap water ****39%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**79%

Use banking services ****81%**

**81%

Television ****77%**

**76%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**82%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****13%**

**11%

None of these assets ****4%**

**4%

Own their home ****92%**

**90%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alacode?

■ Alacode · ■ Thodupuzha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.8%**

**95.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**984

Working population ****41.7%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 94.6% for women. 58% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 533 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 631 (14%) · **■** Household industry 46 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,913 (41%) · **■** Marginal 1,544 (33%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Thodupuzha

- Kodikulam12,741 people
- Arakkulam12,421 people
- Karimkunnam11,956 people
- Purapuzha11,836 people
- Muttom11,037 people
- Kudayathoor10,080 people
- Neyyasseri7,557 people
- Elappally4,320 people

[All 19 villages in Thodupuzha](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/idukki/thodupuzha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alacode?685588
- How far is Alacode from Painavu?63 km by road
- What is the population of Alacode?11,182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alacode in?Idukki district (Thodupuzha sub-district), Kerala
- What is the literacy rate of Alacode?95.8% (Census 2011)
